Article talks about how people have been comparing A Pink's 'No No No' to SES's 'Just In Love'.

1. [+634, -36] When I first heard the song, I immediately thought of SES... ㅋㅋ I knew a plagiarism controversy would come up... A Pink's song is so similar that anyone who liked SES's songs will think of it the moment they hear A Pink's

2. [+491, -32] I thought there was something wrong with my ears with how similar I thought they sounded

3. [+125, -13] No wonder I kept thinking of SES when I heard it ㅎㅎ I just thought they had a similar concept to SES

4. [+63, -8] I thought I heard A Pink's 'No No No' somewhere... after thinking about it, it was SES's 'Just In Love'

5. [+58, -7] Since I'm not a professional, I'm not in any position to be calling it plagiarism or not but it does sound really similar

6. [+46, -15] Oh yeah, I forgota bout that Hong Yookyung incident... With this plagiarism controversy now, I'm not liking them all too much ㅋ

7. [+36, -8] I guess I wasn't the only one who thought this

8. [+35, -1] No wonder they're winning #1 on music shows, it'd be weird if they weren't considering they stole one of SES's best choruses.

plagiarism or not they still rank really high on music chart, this make me think whats up with 4minute 'what your name' and a pink 'nonono' this year, they rank really high for a long time, and a pink is just debut in 2011.

yeah when i listen to Apink, it really does remind me of the type of pop music that was popular back then. But i guess thats the angle they've intended to have and it might work for them since we often hear a number of kpop fans and netizens complain about the type of music girl groups make today and how the old school style of girl groups was gold to them.

[+46, -15] Oh yeah, I forgota bout that Hong Yookyung incident... With this plagiarism controversy now, I'm not liking them all too much ㅋIt saddens me to read that. It's not the girls fault but they pay for that... I'm not even a Pink Panda but it saddens me :s

This sample is VERY old. I have a dance CD from the early 1999 that uses that Saxophone melody. Almost every DJ has used this lol. The reason that I can think that S tiger used it was because it was very famous as a Dance Anthem so it brings back 90s dance nostalgia.

the song is composed by the composer and apink bought it. so the one who blame is both of them.. because the composer still receives money from that song and how can apink not knowing the fact that it does sound similar with SES? SES is superior sunbae for them.

Technically it's not Apink's but Shinsadong's fault but Apink will get all the blame *sigh* but why must Yookyung come up? Most K-netizens forgot all about that until the journalist brought it back up again. It's clear that she or he wanted to stir a negative response... :/

Now I'm so sure that the song indeed is similar with Just In Love...The melody also reminds me of SES' s Dreams Come True (forgot the name of the song, forgive me i i'm wrong.. but there's another song from SES which has quite similar as well).

the rhythm sound similar.. except Just in love start off much more energetic, but nonono is mellow throughout.. even the little break in the beginning is similar. Just in Love goes up and down like a roller coaster ride while no no no is like a mellow and stable throughout the song like the merry-go-round ride.

It does sounds similar tho. I have heard the comparison. Especially on the chorus. On the other note,why are people hating on them instead? The song was made by Shinsadong so hate on him. Oh and the Hong Yookyung issue,blame acube for it. It's not like apink was the one who have to make the decision. They can only follow the company's order.

Oh oops my mistake, I already know SES is famous in Korea (i've seen it). I meant recognition internationally. There are tons of new kpop fans who don't know who SES are so internationally they'll get more recognition.

Lol-ing at your down votes. I mean, when I first heard it I thought it was going to be "WOW AMAZINGLY THE SAME WITH EVERYTHING" but I ended up with a "Meh" instead. Yeah they sound similar but it's not like the Shinsadong Tiger copied and pasted the song and made it A Pink's.

Aren't they in this situation then? It's not like they get to pick the song at most cases? They are trained and they have to eat whatever is fed to them by the company whether they like it or not (in most cases).Although the word "tool" sounds harsh but when it comes to situations like this they kind of are...

wonder why its coming up again..netz have been comparing the songs right frm day 1 of release...well,they do sound similar..well,s.tiger is known for 'sampling' the easiest of tunes..still,the nostalgic in me is very much in love with the original...

It does sound similar but like one netizen said, I'm not a professional and there are certain guidelines that need to be met before a song is considered plagiarized. Anyway I really hope the song isn't plagiarized, and hopefully this won't hurt their image but the composer's.

People are so quick to jump on plagiarism accusations, but in reality there are only so many combination of chords that are pleasing to the human ear. After thousands of years of music making, some repetition is inevitable. Which is why the industry has rules and formulas for determining if something is truly plagiarism, not just "it sounds kind of similar".

i'm not from SES era not even a kpop fan back then.. so i don't have the right to judge.. No No No is a really cute song.. i like the song and the choreo.. bonus point is the fact that they go for cute/innocent concept instead of sexy slutty concept like others..

It does sound familiar but, if the chords aren't the same then it can't really be called plagiarism...it was probably HEAVILY influenced by SES...cause' well...pop-music can only go so far...a lot of pop songs use the same 4 chords...

What? lol, ridiculous. You don't have to be a professional to give an opinion on something. Kinda like you can say a person can't act or dance or sing without being an actor, dancer, or singer yourself.

1. [+634, -36] When I first heard the song, I immediately thought of SES... ㅋㅋ I knew a plagiarism controversy would come up... A Pink's song is so similar that anyone who liked SES's songs will think of it the moment they hear A Pink's

ahh this. i immediately thought about that SES song too. it's like the case of BEG's"cleansing cream" and a lily allen song "littlest things", so alike.

I've never listened to APink before because,personally im not a big fan of overtly cute concepts but when this plagiarize issue came out i was curious and checked out "no no no" and now im weirdly addicted to that song. haha.Its so catchy. If it is indeed Plagiarized then maybe SES's company will sue.

Btw i saw the live performance for this song and the fanchats were SO Loud,and it wasn't the usual fangirls voice i heard,but fanboys!! I've listened to many Girl Idol's live performance,and the fanchats are usually dominated by girls voice but i was pleasantly surprised by the Fanboys.lol. Good to see APink gaining popularity.

fuck of those plagiarism issues. even since day 1, they are inspired by old kpop groups like SES and finkl and so on. no matter how much haters try to bring apink down, it does not change the fact that nonono is doing well in charts. haters

I don't need to see anyone else's comments because it's only you I'm speaking of. You seemed steadfast in putting this blame with absolutely no knowledge of music at all. Or what even constitutes as plagiarism.

So no, you get your facts straight and inform yourself properly before stating accusations.

I can't believe you + 14 people are really uncapable of interpreting such a simple comment.

Instead of going on and saying shit about A Pink, the netizen was neutral by saying that it does sound similar, but he/she wouldn't accuse A Pink of plagiarism because he/she has no musical knowledge for that. I don't know if you're aware but the fact that 2 songs sounds similar don't necessarily mean that one is plagiarizing the other. There are some conditions for a song to be considered a real plagiarism.

I don't even imagine how do you got to this brilliant conclusion that he/she meant to say "don't give your opinion if you're not a professional", especially because the netizen says at the end "it does sounds similar" AND THIS IS AN OPINION, he's just choosing to not got ahead and accuse A Pink of plagiarism, just that.

Hmmm see who else's? I said many of /MY/ comments. Reread what I said before stating some random rambling. Wow, please, enlighten me with your knowledge then. Stop acting like you know more than everyone else.

And I can't believe you're incapable* of comprehending the problem with that comment. Again, they're stating they're not in a position to accuse A Pink of plagiarism BECAUSE they're not a professional. But whether something is plagiarized or not has nothing to do with being a professional, anyone can make that claim and be right about it. And anyone can have musical knowledge without being a professional. On top of that, it can also be an opinion because we don't know if whoever produced the song has used it without permission or not. That's literally all it takes to know to accuse someone of plagiarism. It's not that hard to grasp. Simply put, their reason for not accusing A Pink of plagiarism was stupid.

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